William Thorsell
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After his tenure at the ROM he became a distinguished senior fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. [2]
In 1966, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Alberta and earned his Master of Arts degree from that institution in 1970.[3] He received a Master of Public and International Affairs from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1972.
In 1975, Thorsell joined the Edmonton Journal's editorial board for approximately a year. After a brief term on The Globe and Mail's editorial board in Toronto, he returned to the Edmonton Journal in 1977 as an associate editor.[4]
In 1984, he rejoined The Globe and Mail writing for its Report on Business and returning to the paper's editorial board.[4] He began a 10-year term as that paper's editor-in-chief from 1989 to 1999, after which he chaired the paper's editorial board for several months.[4] In 1995, the University of Alberta awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws.
While serving as editor of The Globe and Mail, Thorsell came out as gay in an interview with fab.[5] As one of the most prominent openly gay Canadians, and one who held a powerful position within the media, he has been credited as one of the key figures behind the evolving public image of LGBT people in the 1990s and 2000s.[4]
In August 2000, Thorsell was appointed to the top management position at the Royal Ontario Museum. He was awarded the Order of Ontario in 2007. [6] In 2010, he was made a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (2010).[7]
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